Today we continue highlighting the amazing minds behind the art featured in the 25th Anniversary Celebration Set. We are fortunate to have such incredible artists provide wonderful artwork for our games. Read ahead to learn more about Kyra Kupetsky and her work with the Chocolate Lab Ray Neopets.
Tell us a little about yourself and your creative background.
Hello! I’m Kyra! I’m an animator living in Burbank, California who loves drawing cute little creatures. I’m currently the creator, lead animator and voice actor of a show called Chikn Nuggit which I developed under BuzzFeed Animation. When I’m not working…I’m still working ahaha! I love drawing and creating stuff for fun whether that’s fun fan art for media I enjoy or animating silly side projects. I’ve been drawing cute characters since I was very young, and I just haven’t stopped since! I wanna do it forever and ever!
What does your design process look like when illustrating a card?
I start off with super rough sketches to get a nice dynamic gesture down. I try to channel a fun pose and expression that fits the character, I want the silhouette to be strong and not overcrowded. I’ll go over that sketch a couple times to really refine the details and pose. Upon approval of the clean sketch, I move onto line art and really hone in the finalized clean look. Color comes next! I choose where I want the light source to be and do the shading and then finish up with a background that centers the character. We want to be able to clearly see the character and have our eyes directed to them, hence the BG is designed around that.
What was your favorite card you illustrated for this set?
I think I really dig how the Chocolate Acara came out! It was so fun playing with all the dessert theming with the chocolate pets. The Acara came out so jovial and cute, I think!
Chocolate Acara by Kyra Kupetsky (@KyraKupetsky)
What has been the biggest influence on your art style?
Neopets has been such an influence of course! But also, lots of anime-style cute mascot creatures, Digimon, Hamtaro, UPA-style cartoons. So many things!
If you could create any new card in the Neopets Battledome TCG, what would it be?
It’d be so fun to do some villains!
Do you have anything else you would like to share?
Thank you so much for letting me be a part of this! Such a childhood dream to work on a Neopets project!
Thank you for joining us in highlighting one of our many wonderful artists that worked on the 25th Anniversary Celebration Set. Keep an eye out for even more Artist Showcase articles coming soon to learn all about the creatives behind the artwork. Tune in Friday, November 15th to Twitch.tv/Upper_Deck at 10:00am PST for even more Celebration themed previews.
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